pool

Name: pool, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pul\

/\pul\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pool” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,792) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,792
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de choses, d'êtres, de personnes, pouvant être considéré comme agissant de façon cohérente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pool · pool · French

pool · rank #17,792 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #17,792
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH PMA

Nearest frequency peer: PMA (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

pipeline

82,212
plantés

82,211
PMA

82,210
pool

82,209
priez

82,207
profitable

82,206

What this shows Les barres placent « pool » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pool vs pro

50% similar

pool vs pop

50% similar

pool vs pot

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pool
Property	Value
Headword	pool
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pul\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#17,792
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « pool »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).poolse place ici:

#17,792

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « PMA » (#17,791), « plantés » (#17,790), « priez » (#17,794). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pool » est au #17,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pool is neighbouring look-alikes ("pro", "pop", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \pul\. Frequency #17,792 among 6,826 “P” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for pool, with forms such as "opol", "polo", and "pooll". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "pop", "pot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pool, spelled P-O-O-L.

Definition

1
Ensemble de choses, d'êtres, de personnes, pouvant être considéré comme agissant de façon cohérente.
2
Source ou ensemble de ressources du même type.
3
Jeu de longue haleine consistant à deviner qui sera le gagnant d'une joute sportive, ou qui seront les équipes ou les joueurs qui se démarqueront sur une saison entière.
4
Jeu de longue haleine consistant à deviner ou prévoir qui sera le gagnant au final d'un affrontement, allant parfois même jusqu'au pointage des parties concernées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pool appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Au cours de cette longue période, les pools géniques de ces deux groupes auraient divergé.
Un pool d’actionnaires, d’investisseurs.

Synonyms

consortium tour de table vivier réservoir panier

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

opol
polo
pooll
ppool

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pool - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "pool"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pool"?

"pool" is spelled P-O-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pul\.

What does "pool" mean?

As a noun, "pool" means: Ensemble de choses, d'êtres, de personnes, pouvant être considéré comme agissant de façon cohérente.

What words are commonly confused with "pool"?

"pool" is commonly confused with "pro", "pop", "pot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pool"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pool" is \pul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pool" come from?

"pool" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pool", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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